Friday, February 14, 2025

Joshua: 121 to 126 months

121 months:



122 months:


123 months:



124 months:


125 months: missed

126 months:


And with that, I'm finally up to date!!   ...with Joshua.

Joshua: 110 to 120 months

 110 months:



111 months:



112 months:


113 months:




114 months:


115 months:


116 months:


117 months - missed

118 months:



119 months:


120 months:



Joshua: 100 to 109 months

100 months:



101 months:



102 months:



103 months: (end of Feb 2023)



104 months:


105 months:



106 months:




107 months:



108 months - 9 years!


109 months:




Thursday, February 13, 2025

Thursday: oops

Oops.  Yesterday, life was under control.  Today, I feel like I have a few too many things I'm trying to juggle.  If I take a step back and really look, it's not that bad.  Some of the things that need to be done can wait.  They might not be able to wait long, but they can wait.  I feel like I do this to myself on a regular basis and it's pretty annoying.

I had a busy day.  I was up early to snow blow.  I taught most of the morning.  I took a 15 minute rest and read for a little bit in my office in the early afternoon, but then at 3pm I was back at it.  Of course, a lot of the evening felt like I was driving around.  Pick up Joshua (but wait for a train), bring Joshua home.  Pick up Isaac (but wait for him to finish a bit of work), bring Isaac home.  Have 25 minutes to do some stuff.  Bring Isaac to rock climbing.  Go to karate.  Home for a ten minute dinner.  Pick up Isaac.  Drop off Isaac and change into better clothes.  Go to church for a meeting.  And finally, at 8:30, actually get home.  Wow, I get tired just looking at what I did today.

Maybe I should go to bed.

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Wednesday: this and that

The day wasn't very interesting.  I made two batches of curry.  By the time I get eight meals out of it it is very time effective, but it still takes a while to make.

I didn't really want to do my chores today.  So I had lunch on the early side.  As I was sitting down on the couch to take my nap I saw this.

Also, Horizon was on the bed all morning.  It was a bit of a problem because it was laundry day and I needed to get the sheets off.




Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Tuesday: winter break

Today was winter break...and it was lovely.  I spent a few hours doing "fun" chores, did some quilting, and took a nap without an alarm.

I started by replacing our bidet/toilet seat.  The water hose was on pretty tightly and took a bit too get off, but I got it.

I worked on the storage room.  It is a lovely place to work because it is so easy to feel like I've gotten something done.  I went through about six boxes of text books and notes.  (So far we have about a half box to keep, although Ben still needs to look through his old stuff.)  I moved some boxes into their old location which was a minor thing but really added some walkway space.  I pulled out the extra carpet padding that came with the house.  I started working on a pile that was moved there from the other storage room.

The garbage can is full and I barely put anything in it today.  It is at least trash day so I will have an empty bin tomorrow, but it'll be full by the end of the day.  The kids are home Friday, my normal day to work on the storage room, but how much I do then may depend on how full the trash can is.

A few gems that I really just need to memorialize with pictures instead of keeping around...


and a CAPA set.

Joshua and I usually rock climb while Isaac does team on Tuesdays.  However, we don't climb the whole time.  I got a little bit more work done and Joshua found a nice reading perch.  (The gym was a bit busier than normal though, so he didn't get to stay all that long.)


Monday, February 10, 2025

Monday: mimcs

 I got this picture from Ben at lunch time.  He thought it looked like it was about to eat him.


A MIMIC!  Well, a second generation mimic.  They're my favorite monster.  A few years ago I read a book series where the main character had a funny fear of mimics, but then they kept showing up in my life.  They showed up in D&D, in a few movies, in a Lego set, in some Lego creations from the children.